I started getting a crappy pedal and some brake fluid on the rear passenger rim. I opened up the drum and this is what I found:
Even worse, the hardline was frozen to the wheel cylinder. So, what's a guy to do? Bend up some new lines. Brilliant. =(
I really don't like bending brake lines. It's always a pain and mine never come out as nicely as I think they should. Oh well. As long as it works, right? I was also fortunate that a neighbor of mine had some spare line and a double flare kit. You do double flare your brake lines, don't you? (Shame on you if you don't.)
I was having issues not being able to form the flare correctly with the hand kit:
So, I figured I could employ my then newly acquired 20T HF press. I used the clamp and the anvil that normally gets screwed onto the yoke to complete the flare:
The CRX rear lines are 4.75mm, just in case you were wondering:
Completed double flare and one of the salvaged old fittings:
Pic of the massive arbor plates I still haven't cleaned up but are still perfectly useful:
Necessary tools:
Crappy pic, but, you can see that the flare is much more centered:
Came out a bit crooked:
But after some tweaking, it fit really well with the new fitting:
I added a rubber grommet to keep the radiator from flopping about and also wearing the tab off:
The alternator bearings decided to get really bad, so I replaced it:
Then the dizzy took a dump that lead to a whole bunch of issues with ignition timing. I thought I had gotten the cam timing incorrect, and had to get clever with holding cams in place. This worked surprisingly well:
I checked out an engine for a guy I know and when we pulled the head off, something was "slightly" off:
I also need a new gas cap:
The ignition timing is still off, but it is at least drivable. I'll deal with it for now.
